lyceum

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1. Time, 23 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 It was called the lyceum movement. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
  • In a packed auditorium Wednesday night at the Idaho State Capitol, dozens of people with voices shaking and tears in their eyes begged lawmakers to hear their stories.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • All three shows are running one-night-only in the main auditorium of the Latino Cultural Center.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Moscow — Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike Turnpike, which has consistently played in arenas and amphitheaters since its 2022 comeback, shows of this scale are still new ground for Canada.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Like the Colosseum, the amphitheater was a monumental travertine-and-brick structure, once seating 50,000 people.
    Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In June 2013, Nikolic invites Gates to attend Crazy Horse, a famous burlesque cabaret theater in Paris.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Check out the new trailer for the film below, which Searchlight Pictures will release in theaters on Friday, March 20.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Indiana Senate recently passed a bill to create a northwest Indiana sports stadium authority to finance, build, and lease an arena.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Elena, a skating coach and choreographer, was on the edge of her seat throughout Naumov’s program, quietly miming his movements in the arena’s second tier above the rink, willing Naumov on with every piece of choreography.
    Alice Park, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In September, playhouse officials announced that David Ellenstein, who had been its artistic director since 2023, would retire from his post, saying at the time that the venue planned to pursue a different artistic direction.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The town of Bay Harbor, which has a population of about 6,000, sits some 18 miles northeast of the playhouse and the city of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026

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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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